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CESC's green arm to invest ₹3,800 crore in Uttar Pradesh solar plant

CESC Green Power Ltd signed an MoU with the Uttar Pradesh government to set up a 3GW solar cell and module plant, a 60 MW solar power plant, R&D facilities, and ancillary units, at an investment of around ₹3,800 crore; this comes on the heels of a ₹4,500-cr project in Odisha.

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NVIDIA Invests $150 Million in AI Inference Startup Baseten

The deal underscores a strategic shift as the AI industry pivots from model training to large-scale deployment. The post NVIDIA Invests $150 Million in AI Inference Startup Baseten appeared first on Analytics India Magazine .

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B2B-focused VC firm Exfinity Venture Partners launches Rs 1,100 crore Fund IV

Exfinity Venture Partners has filed with SEBI to launch its fourth fund, targeting a corpus of Rs 1,100 crore, as the deeptech focused venture capital firm builds on recent cross-border exits and a full capital return from its 2016-vintage Fund II. The Bengaluru-based firm plans to retain an early-stage investment strategy for Fund IV, while allocating a larger share of capital to follow-on rounds. The shift reflects the longer build and commercialisation cycles typical of deep-tech businesses, partners Chinnu Senthilkumar and Jesper Ludolph told ETEntrepreneur. Cheque sizes are expected to rise modestly, with Exfinity continuing to target 10–20 per cent ownership in portfolio companies. Fund IV will focus on semiconductors, physical AI, advanced compute, robotics and enterprise AI software. It will also expand into newer categories such as photonics, quantum computing, hydrogen and energy systems, life sciences, climate technology and mobility. The firm has not previously invested ...